European balance of power is a tenet in international relations that no single power should be allowed to achieve hegemony over a substantial part of...

The balance of power theory in international relations suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military...

(parliament), power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office European balance of power, European international...

The Concert of Europe was a general agreement among the great powers of 19th-century Europe to maintain the European balance of power, political boundaries...

meant its acquisition by France threatened the European balance of power, and Philip's proclamation as King of Spain on 16 November 1700 led to war. The French...

of Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV of France. Acquisition of the Spanish Empire by either potentially threatened to alter the European balance of...

constantly shifting pattern of alliances throughout the 18th century in efforts to preserve or upset the European balance of power. The diplomatic change was...

decisive shift in the European balance of power which the war had brought about: the Swedish imperial era had ended; Sweden entered the Age of Liberty, while...

status as a great power, challenging Austria for dominance within the Holy Roman Empire, thus altering the European balance of power. What came to be known...

perceived breakdown of the European balance of power, convoluted and fragmented governance, arms races and security dilemmas, a cult of the offensive, and...